George Rodriguez-Past Archives Page 2

June 30, 2014

Summary:
– Interview with TEA Board member Ken Mercer regarding new school test standards pushed by Common Core;
– Interview with Dave Munday regarding the importance of local school board elections;
– Dallas County announces it will receive 2000 illegal alien minors, but has no plan ready;
– Dallas ISD scrambles to prepare to receive 2000 illegal alien minors;

June 25, 2014

– Drug Seizures decline during immigrant crisis because of law enforcement manpower issues;
– Interview with Border Patrol union leader who says morale is low and agents are frustrated;
– Law makers in other states want action immigration crisis in Texas, but Texas state democrats just want more money;
– Metro rail in Austin to get more grant money from federal government;
– Dallas-Houston high speed rail study moves ahead;
– Alamo history could be rewritten by liberals and UN;
– Commentary: My ​suggestion for addressing the immigration crisis;​​

June 24, 2014

– Update of the Border Crisis
– Commentary: It’s a “Humanitarian” Crisis
– What the people must do to stop the invasion.
– News from Austin: Rail system mixed with road improvement spending for bond election; City ordinance targeting pro-life religious clinics overturned by court.
– Op Ed by SA Express-News is reviewed which claims opposition to streetcars in SA is orchestrated by “outsiders”. ​

May 30, 2014

– Recount demand by ousted establishment JP in Rio Grande City
– Texas Solution is a “guest worker program” masquerading as Hispanic outreach;
– Corruption shown in TX Legislator over UT admissions
– TX will not publicize the name of drug company that provide lethal drug for state executions;
– San Antonio Mayor decides he does NOT want public input to street lane closings;

May 29, 2014

– McAllen Border Patrol need temporary buildings because of surging numbers of illegals;
– Saga of political corruption of Vela family in Progreso continues;
– Dan Patrick and Tea Party ready to ride into Austin; Moderates are concerned;
– Georgetown historical preservation and new development clash;
– Brownsville Assistant city attorney arrested for DWI
– SA VIA “compromises” on streetcar routes; will local Tea Party activists accept this and go away?

May 28, 2014

– Commentary about GOP primaries from Dem point of view;
– Valley election results; challenges and questions continue in Dem primary;
– VA hospital issues in Temple surface;
– Local results in Bexar County and Kerr County;
– Can the Establishment GOP and Tea Party come together after the primary and in time for the GOP state convention?

May 27, 2014

– Low voter turn out being reported as of 5pm across the state;
– Races to watch including Dewhurst/Patrick and Paxton/Branch;
– Hidalgo County appraisals of mobile homes skyrockets;
– 1st term Cong. Vela of Brownsville claims “achievements”.
– Cong.Cuellar of Laredo hosts US/Mexico energy summit, but doesn’t push Obama on Keystone XL nor does he oppose EPA overregulation on Eagle-Ford;
– UT Regent Wallace Hall fights for his job after uncovering political influencing in admissions of applicants at UT. ​

May 23, 2014

– Grandmother and mother, and home life;
– Politics: rise of a Latino star; supporters on the liberal left and in the business community
– Anti-Family Legacy in SA: Interviews with Patrick Von Dolen and Mike Knuffke from SA Family Association
– Anti-business Legacy: Interview with Weston Martinez
– Castor sets sights his political future on Texas and the US ​

May 22, 2014

– Speaker Strauss at odds with Dewhurst and Perry;
– Speaker Strauss and friends found “influencing” admissions to UT;
– Growth of San Marcos and it fluoridation problems;
– State Senator Mike Villarreal campaigns to be the next Mayor of San Antonio;
– Education issues from around the state.

May 19, 2014

Immigration news: Illegal alien criminals released; illegal alien children housed at AF base in San Antonio; Crime boss arrested in Mexico face US charges;
– Pflugerville hotel gets tax payer help;
– Austin rail system to go before the voters in November;
– VA hospital in Temple also under the gun patient list;
– Call to voters…get out and vote!!

– Boehner in SA to talk to Chamber; Gets lobbied by local Dems for UN support; May loose mid-terms because he’s pandering to Big Business rather than to common folks;
– Where are the local GOP and Dems on defending the SA Tea Party against the IRS; more new revelations against IRS scrutiny of Texas Tea Party groups;
– Who is Leticia Van De Putte?
– News about border – Mexico ignores water treaty with the US and Texas; another cartel gangster goes to trial in El Paso; 34 illegal alien gang members arrested in Hidalgo County, plus 41 illegal aliens;
– SA Firefighters continue to be attacked by city government and news media.

— Let’s take away the business of anyone who doesn’t like me or who disagrees with me. Like the NBA is doing.
– Revisiting the El Paso school scandal…how much money is at play in your local school district
– Commentary on Express-News op ed about Tea Party and a union working against Castro!

– Further evidence of “establishment” war against grassroots people.

April 29, 2014

– Commentary on Houston Non-Discrimination Ordinance

– Violations by Mexico of US fishing rights

– Grassroots rebellions against Rio Grande Valley machines; Interview with Mauro Villarreal who is opposing the establishment in Rio Grande City

– Comment on 9/11 Museum film controversy in NYC; what’s next rewrite Texas history to not offend Mexicans?
– No prosecutions in the AACOG scandal in San Antonio; taxpayers lose again
– More drug convictions in Rio Grande Valley
– Contractors feeding at the public trough at state and local level
– Leticia Van De Putte supported legislation to keep voters from voting in public development project.

April 23, 2014

​- More guns stopped at US/Mexico border on Tuesday in Reynosa, Mexico;
– Problems in public schools – Progreso school scandal guilty plea; Northside administrators fired for tampering with test scores;
– Reaction to San Antonio Transit VIA comments about firefighters joining the anti-streetcar fight;
– Texas, the number 2 oil producer and number 1 target or EPA and environmentalist.

April 22, 2014

Today’s Affirmative Action Supreme Court Ruling and what it means; Gentrification, community planning, and Agenda 21 – what it means to you and your property taxes; US is considering “limiting” deportations; History of political bosses in south Texas ​and the new bosses.

April 21, 2014

Review of Battle San Jacinto; Interviews with Weston Martinez, candidate for SA City Council and Chris Steele, president of SA Firefighters Association about Chamber meeting with Tea Party leaders; Report by Princeton and Northwestern about American political system.

Canseco interview regarding the allegations by the Express; Interview with SA Family Association about protest; Op ed commentary about Castro/Patrick debate; SA Chamber to meet with SA Tea Party about pensions.

April 16, 2014

April 15, 2014

Univision bias and fairness in the Castro-Patrick debate; More illegal aliens crimnals arrested in Tyler, and heroine smuggler arrested in El Paso; The Hidalgo county sheriff’s fall and arrest; Mex-Am studies being pushed.

April 14, 2014

Thoughts on Nevada Confrontation and Law Enforcement Officers; Dewhurst loses endorsement of Texans for Lawsuit Reform; Getting Ready for Castro-Patrick debate in San Antonio; Former Hidalgo County Sheriff Pleads Guilty; Liberty Cities show the lead in small government.

April 11, 2014

Support for Fire Fighters and Police Officers’ pensions; Did VIA lie or mislead the public on a referendum? The Texas Solution explained; Deportation numbers are skewed by Obama.

Congressman Joaquin Castro picks on a small business he disagrees with; Border violence and crime continues, and two days after the new policy on lethal use of force, a Border Patrol agent has to use his gun; Obama Care continues to falter in Texas.